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Amtrak Woez

By j7uy5 on January 5, 2009.

Man decides to enter Amtrak " href="http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Copy/Hot_Deals_Page&c=am2Copy&cid=1093554057903&ssid=224">Picture
Our Trains Contest."  Man goes to boarding area and
takes href="http://photos.duanek.name/popular/1/443114799_ewRgR#443114799_ewRgR">picture
of train.  Man is told it is illegal to photograph trains.
 Man href="http://carlosmiller.com/2008/12/27/amtrak-police-arrest-photographer-participating-in-amtrak-photo-contest/">is
arrested after refusing to delete photo of train.  



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In Ann Arbor, heading for University of Chicago





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Overlooking the Bosque del Apache wildlife refuge





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The Rail Runner NMRX-104





Note: I DO NOT advocate illegal activity.  If anyone knows who
took the photos above, please notify the proper authorities.
 Of course, if you go to Flickr and search for photos of
"Amtrak" you get 72,097 results.  The authorities better get
cracking.


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Note: I DO NOT advocate illegal activity.

What illegal activity?

Here:

Man is [wrongly] told it is illegal to photograph trains.

Fixed for you.

I dunno, Kevin, but I think you might have a broken sarcasm detector.